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NACOSANet @nacosanet.bsky.social · 13h

Abstract submissions are now open for the Women & HIV workshop being held in Cape Town next year. Submit your research or community perspectives by 21 November 2025 here: : https://virology.eventsair.com/3rd-african-workshop-on-women-hiv-2026/abstracts
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Black Microbiologists Assoc (Black In Micro) @blackinmicro.bsky.social · 1d

Get ready for next week's Research Symposium: 25 #BlackInMicro scientists from around the globe. Get all the details here: tinyurl.com/BIMW25 and Pre-register to secure your spot: linktr.ee/BlackInMicro. To help keep #BlackInMicro alive, Donate here: tinyurl.com/GiveBiM (all links in bio)

Black in Micro Week 2025 Early Career Research Symposium held on October 15, 2025, from 9 AM to 12 PM EST. Presenters include Katelyn Nicole Ward, Larisa Chila Kiki, Mallory Evans, Savannah Nicole Lewis, Enycé Fairbanks, and Khadijat Oluwapelumi Adefaye. It features six research presentations by early career scientists from various universities, covering topics such as drug repositioning for fungal infections, bacteriophage adaptation to silver ions, inflammasome responses to LPS, NK cell dynamics in malaria, organoid modeling of bacterial toxins, and protein disorder in Hepatitis E virus.

Early Career Research Symposium featuring Aureliana Filomena Chambal Chilengue, Hassan Abbas, Nazik Elmekki, Immaculata Chika Ede, Audrey Randall, and Justin Durunyamunwu. Topics include tuberculosis transmission analysis using reference-free clustering, gut microbiota comparisons in ulcerative colitis, fitness determinants of Phocaeicola vulgatus, wound biofilm modeling, the role of Parabacteroides distasonis in type I diabetes, and microvascular modeling in dengue virus research.

Early Career Research Symposium showcasing presenters howcasing presenters Nadia Holness, Deus Kamya, Trinity Moore, Caitlin Wiafe-Kwakye, Drea Darby, and Teni Shosanya. Topics include the role of Staphylococcus aureus in skin inflammation, the impact of Candida albicans on oral epithelial cells, the role of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron in gut inflammation, the effect of Enterococcus faecalis on colorectal cancer, the influence of Streptococcus pneumoniae on lung immunity, and the use of Escherichia coli in synthetic biology applications.

Early Career Research Symposium with additional presenters. Presenters include Katelyn Nicole Ward, Larisa Chila Kiki, Mallory Evans, Savannah Nicole Lewis, Enycé Fairbanks, and Khadijat Oluwapelumi Adefaye. It features six research presentations by early career scientists from various universities, covering topics such as drug repositioning for fungal infections, bacteriophage adaptation to silver ions, inflammasome responses to LPS, NK cell dynamics in malaria, organoid modeling of bacterial toxins, and protein disorder in Hepatitis E virus.

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MIDAS Network @midas-network.bsky.social · 2d

📢 Apply for the Leaders of Africa Institute Research Communication Program Scholarship
💡 Research briefs, policy memos, media engagement & more
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🎓 Impact Scholarship: covers most tuition
🗓️ Deadline: 10 Oct 2025

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Leaders of Africa Institute Call for Applications: Research Communication Program Scholarship - MESA

The Leaders of Africa Institute calls for Applications for the Research Communication Program 2025. Application deadline, 10th of October 2025.

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MIDAS Network @midas-network.bsky.social · 7d

PhD opportunities: Developing AI and Machine Learning Methods for Infectious Disease Modeling
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IDDjobs — PhD opportunities: Developing AI and Machine Learning Methods for Infectious Disease Modeling — Emory University

Find infectious disease dynamics modelling jobs, studentships, and fellowships.

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MIDAS Network @midas-network.bsky.social · 8d

The flagship conference of the Network Science Society - 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 - is coming to Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute, 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭-𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.
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MIDAS Network @midas-network.bsky.social · 12d

Registration is now open for:
From Multiscale Immune Modeling to Medical Digital Twins

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Registration form for "From Multiscale Immune Modeling to Medical Digital Twins"

5th Anniversary Global Alliance for Immune Prediction and Intervention(GLIMPRINT) & IMAG/MSM Open Virtual Conference October 16–17, 2025 10 am-5 pm EDT | Virtual | Free | ****Registration Required by...

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MIDAS Network @midas-network.bsky.social · 12d

Be sure to register for tomorrow's MIDAS Webinar Series featuring Dr. Joseph Mihaljevic.

Time: 1-2pm EDT

Topic: epymorph: A comprehensive, open-source software for building, simulating, fitting, and forecasting spatial models of infectious disease.

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: MIDAS Webinar Series - September 2025. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Speaker: Joseph Mihaljevic Topic: Lab group’s new open-source modeling software

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JobBoardSearch 🔎 @jobboardsearch.com · 14d

📢 Eurofins is #hiring a Technical Operations Supervisor – Microbiology!

💰 $72K - $79K
Rensselaer, NY, USA
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Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 14d

Abstract submission for Annual Conference 2026 is open!

Submit your research today for a chance to showcase your pioneering work with leading minds in microbiology. Abstract submission closes at 23:59 GMT on 11 November 2025.

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MIDAS Network @midas-network.bsky.social · 15d

Available at MISM:
Mathematical Modeling of Multiscale Viral Infection Dynamics: careers.duke.edu/job-invite/2...

Computational Modeling of Immune Response: careers.duke.edu/job-invite/2...

Scientific Machine Learning for Multiscale Biological Systems: www.mathjobs.org/jobs/Duke/PO...

POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE

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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 18d

The #MIGoodCare call is now open! Led by #ISGlobal for @ecdc.europa.eu, it seeks good practice models for testing, linkage and care of #HIV, #hepatitis, #TB and #STIs in migrant populations across Europe.

Submit here: 🟠 https://f.mtr.cool/hrbwuqmvkf

#MigrantHealth

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MIDAS Network @midas-network.bsky.social · 17d

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Recommending Covid-19 vaccines for everyone in the US could save thousands more lives than limiting to high-risk groups | CNN

As a group of advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention met this week to discuss recommendations on who should get the updated Covid-19 shot this season, a newly published analysis...

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HPAI Modelling Challenge @hpai-mod-challenge.bsky.social · 20d

🚨 Registration is OPEN 🚨
Join the International Mathematical Modelling Challenge on HPAI!

Participate alongside other modelling teams as you:
🌍 simulate outbreaks
🧮 test management strategies
🤝 strengthen epidemic preparedness

#HPAIModChallenge #HPAI #Epidemiology #OneHealth #DiseaseDynamics

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Juliana Taube @julianataube.bsky.social · 27d

Ever read a paper & think, "wow 🤩 that was well written"?

Learn how to write your own *wow* paper with @midas-network.bsky.social trainees on Thurs 9/25 @ noon ET.

We'll hear from @jdrakephd.bsky.social on strategies for crafting & communicating a good story.

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Flyer advertising upcoming MIDAS Trainee Network event on How to Write a Strong Manuscript. The event will take place on Thurs 9/25 at 12pm ET with a presentation from Dr. John Drake from the University of Georgia, followed by Q&A and discussion. Register at: https://georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/register/rTEZP0pSQIqlLv_EyquGgQ

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MIDAS Network @midas-network.bsky.social · 21d

Assistant, Associate or Full Professor Position Available in Public Health Data Science and Data Equity at Yale University.
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MIDAS Network @midas-network.bsky.social · 22d

Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health Call for Applications: Global Health Emerging Scholars Fellowships.
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Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health Call for Applications: Global Health Emerging Scholars Fellowships - MESA

Standford Center for Innovation in Global Health is calling for application for its 2026-2027 Global Health Emerging Scholars (GHES) Fellowship. Application deadline, 1st of October 2025.

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Dr. Nolwenn M. Dheilly @nmdheilly.bsky.social · 23d

Interested in joining @pasteur.fr Pathogen Discovery Lab for a PhD ? Check out www.pasteur.fr/en/education.... I am looking for candidates with interests in metagenomics, vector-borne emerging infectious diseases, anthropogenic effects to contribute to @prezode.bsky.social funded AMAZED Project.

Pasteur-Paris University International doctoral program (PPU)

OverviewIn 2009, the Institut Pasteur, the world leading biomedical research institute founded by Louis Pasteur in 1887, inaugurated the Pasteur Paris-University (PPU) international doctoral program i...

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MIDAS Network @midas-network.bsky.social · 27d

The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division will be hosting a forecasting collaboration where teams are invited to submit short-term forecasts of respiratory disease activity at DoD locations.

MIDAS Network @midas-network.bsky.social · 28d

MIDAS Trainee Network Hosts Event on How to Write a Strong Manuscript.

Register: georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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ESCAIDE @escaide.eu · Sep 4

Our call for late breakers is opening soon!

Researchers with eligible abstracts could still get the opportunity to present their work at ESCAIDE this year.

The call for late breakers will be open from 10-24 September.

Learn more: lnkd.in/gVYyucfc

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MIDAS Network @midas-network.bsky.social · Sep 4

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MIDAS Network @midas-network.bsky.social · Sep 3

Assistant Professor position available in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at Stony Brook University.
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MIDAS Network @midas-network.bsky.social · Sep 3

Senior faculty (New Haven, USA)
Assistant, Associate or Full Professor in Public Health Data Science and Data Equity at Yale University.
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MIDAS Network @midas-network.bsky.social · Aug 28

Full or Associate Professor in Infectious Disease Modeling Position Available at Penn State.
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Full or Associate Professor in Infectious Disease Modeling

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

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MIDAS Network @midas-network.bsky.social · Aug 27

MIDAS 2025:
We are now accepting abstracts for review. The deadline for submission is Sunday, September 14, 2025.

Tentative Dates: November 3 - 5, 2025 (Monday - Wednesday)

Submit your abstract no later than Sunday, September 14, 2025 at midas2025.exordo.com.